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ASKING STANDARD DEMOGRAPHIC QUESTIONS 277<br />

Would you please tell me the letter on the card that best<br />

represents your total household income in (YEAR) before taxes?<br />

This should include wages and salaries, net income from business<br />

or farm, pensions, dividends, interest, rent, and any other<br />

money income received by all members of the household.<br />

a. Less than $5,000<br />

b. $5,000–$9,999<br />

c. $10,000–$14,999<br />

d. $15,000–$19,999<br />

e. $20,000–$29,999<br />

f. $30,000–$39,999<br />

g. $40,000–$49,999<br />

h. $50,000–$59,999<br />

i. $60,000–$79,999<br />

j. $80,000–$99,999<br />

k. $100,000 and over<br />

<strong>Asking</strong> About Religion<br />

<strong>The</strong> U.S. Census Bureau does not ask questions about religion.<br />

<strong>The</strong>refore, we recommend those questions asked by the General<br />

Social Survey (GSS), a survey sponsored by the National Science<br />

Foundation and conducted by NORC. <strong>The</strong> GSS (2000) uses a<br />

rather detailed procedure to ask people about religious preference.<br />

Religious preference should not be confused with religious participation.<br />

For example, religious preference is not necessarily related<br />

to membership in a congregation or to regular attendance at a place<br />

of worship.<br />

1. What is your religious preference? Is it Protestant, Catholic,<br />

some other religion, or no religion?

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